Horace Putman Black characterized his immediate ancestors as Scotch Irish; that is, descendants of Presbyterian Scots who had lived in Ulster (Northern Ireland) before migrating to America. The Ulster Scots soon married into earlier arriving English and German immigrant families who were Anglicans, Lutherans, and followers of other Protestant Reformation denominations.
Most of Horace's 17th and 18th century immigrant ancestors first settled in Colonial Virginia, some by way of Pennsylvania. During the 19th century, as new lands were opened to settlement, the families migrated west to areas now known as West Virginia, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. In the 21st century, descendants of the early families are found throughout America.
By heritage and profession, Horace was primarily a farmer, operating farms in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. He also worked short stints with a frontier railroad where an accident blinded his eye and at a steel smelter where he worked alongside his son, Lewis.
Horace was a self-disciplined student of the Bible and chose to affiliate with the Seventh Day Adventist church.
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Horace Putman Black characterized his immediate ancestors as Scotch Irish; that is, descendants of Presbyterian Scots who had lived in Ulster (Northern Ireland) before migrating to America. The Ulster Scots soon married into earlier arriving English and German immigrant families who were Anglicans, Lutherans, and followers of other Protestant Reformation denominations.
Most of Horace's 17th and 18th century immigrant ancestors first settled in Colonial Virginia, some by way of Pennsylvania. During the 19th century, as new lands were opened to settlement, the families migrated west to areas now known as West Virginia, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. In the 21st century, descendants of the early families are found throughout America.
By heritage and profession, Horace was primarily a farmer, operating farms in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. He also worked short stints with a frontier railroad where an accident blinded his eye and at a steel smelter where he worked alongside his son, Lewis.
Horace was a self-disciplined student of the Bible and chose to affiliate with the Seventh Day Adventist church.
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Family Members
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Clara Permelia "Millie" Black
1889–1895
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Carrie Alvira Black Swinger
1892–1962
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Ruth Leona Black
1894–1894
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Eber Sylvanus Black
1895–1971
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Mary Salinda "Linnie" Black
1897–1910
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Florence Mae Black Huebner
1899–1984
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Lila Marie Black Adams
1902–1961
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Floy Aneta Black Moore
1902–1993
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Ottis Theolis Black
1904–1990
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Lewis Anderson Black
1907–1978
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Emmitt Clarence Black
1910–1985
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Pearl Veleta Black Rector
1913–1996
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Rosabelle Black Statton
1916–1996
